Cloud-Based Software Platform for Big Data Analytics in Smart Grids

This article focuses on a scalable software platform for the Smart Grid cyber-physical system using cloud technologies. Dynamic Demand Response (D²R) is a challenge-application to perform intelligent demand-side management and relieve peak load in Smart Power Grids. The platform offers an adaptive information integration pipeline for ingesting dynamic data; a secure repository for researchers to share knowledge; scalable machine-learning models trained over massive datasets for agile demand forecasting; and a portal for visualizing consumption patterns, and validated at the University of Southern California´s campus microgrid. The article examines the role of clouds and their tradeoffs for use in the Smart Grid Cyber-Physical Sagileystem.